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Dichodon

Mammalia - Xiphodontidae

Taxonomy
Dichodon was named by Owen. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); and to Xiphodontidae by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988) and Erfurt and Metais (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Dichodon Owen p. 139
1986Dichodon Hooker p. 412
1988Dichodon Carroll
2007Dichodon Erfurt and Metais p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
superfamilyAnoplotherioideaBonaparte 1850
familyXiphodontidaeFlower 1883
genusDichodonOwen

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Dichodon Owen
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Dichodon cartieri Rutimeyer 1891
Dichodon cervinus Owen 1848
Dichodon cuspidatus Owen 1847
Dichodon frohnstettense von Meyer 1852
Dichodon simplex Kowalevsky 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available